Cholesterol Help

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  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    I eat lots of veggies, fruits, wild salmon, nuts etc but it wasn't till I added Psyllium Whole Husks twice a day that I got my LDL within normal limits and raised my HDL from 70 to 80.
    Oh and I forgot, I also exercise about 90 minutes daily.
  • dreamchaser12
    dreamchaser12 Posts: 223 Member
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  • cbteco
    cbteco Posts: 10 Member
    hi there - your post is very helpful! i have just found out that i have high cholesterol and am worried about it. also, i am upset with feeling old, fat, and tired of losing / gaining 3 stone!

    how to keep positive and know that i can take on this challenge -- i will try your ideas and hope that i can get back in the swing.

    anyone else have good ideas on the cholesterol and diet front?
    thanks, cbteco :flowerforyou:
  • cbteco
    cbteco Posts: 10 Member
    hi there, do you find that the exercise is an essential part of the cholesterol / diet approach?
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,220 Member
    hi there, do you find that the exercise is an essential part of the cholesterol / diet approach?
    It's a must for a healthy lifestyle period and beneficial at reducing the bad subfractions of LDL (ApoB) and improving HDL as well as improving our sensitivity to insulin, which I'm sure will benefit you.
  • marsellient
    marsellient Posts: 591 Member
    I've been doing a lot of reading on plant sterols and have added some to my plan. Anyone else?
  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
    Dietary cholesterol intake probably has little effect on serum cholesterol levels; saturated fat intake is probably more closely linked to serum cholesterol.

    So as others have said, exercise and increase your intake of healthy fats. If you happen to have the genetic makeup to have high cholesterol, these things may have little effect. I've seen patients go vegan and take the fish oil, etc. and still have serum cholesterol levels over 300.
  • clspwagner
    clspwagner Posts: 12 Member
    What I am reading says, oat bran, red yeast rice, quit smoking, lose weight, fish oil, beans and lentils, apples and oranges. I just started but hopefully I can say this helped in a couple months. My current number is 293
  • marsellient
    marsellient Posts: 591 Member
    Dietary cholesterol intake probably has little effect on serum cholesterol levels; saturated fat intake is probably more closely linked to serum cholesterol.

    So as others have said, exercise and increase your intake of healthy fats. If you happen to have the genetic makeup to have high cholesterol, these things may have little effect. I've seen patients go vegan and take the fish oil, etc. and still have serum cholesterol levels over 300.

    This is pretty much what my doctor has said, as I have lost 35+ and HDL, triglycerides, BP, and sugars are all improved, and within normal ranges....just the LDL is pretty much unchanged. Regardless, I'm increasing exercise, tweaking the diet (it was already pretty good), taking fish oil, plant sterols and thinking abut red yeast, and will be rechecked in 3 months. I'm not convinced about statins. There's something funny about a lot of the research I've seen; however, it seems silly to go to a doctor and be totally unwilling to take their advice, so I'll probably try if the numbers are still unchanged. Does that sound reasonable?

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